The Emotional Toll of Children with Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder causing involuntary movements and sounds, often misunderstood and stigmatized. Children with Tourette Syndrome face isolation and emotional distress due to lack of knowledge about the condition.
Presenting involuntary movements, swearing in an uncontrolled manner and being considered “freaks” by those around them are reasons for suffering for infants with Tourette Syndrome, explained the researcher from the Faculty of Psychology (FP), Hugo Sánchez Castillo.
The lack of knowledge about this mental condition, which affects one percent of the population, and the fact that in Mexico there is fear of admitting mental health problems, children can be relegated and socially isolated, he added when referring to the issue in interview.
